On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:55:28PM -0500, fred smith wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:18:05AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 10:08 -0700, Linux Media wrote: > > > >>>>>>> I've spent the whole day googling and looking at the Fedora List > > > >>>>>>> Archives. All I need to do is disable mouse taps in my mouse pad. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> I've edited /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-synaptics.fdi over > > > >>>>>>> and over, but apparently, I don't know the syntax or how it really all > > > >>>>>>> works. And all I got was fragmented pieces of information from my > > > >>>>>>> research. I would like to adhere to the new approach to configuring > > > >>>>>>> hardware. I'm assuming that creating an xorg.conf file just confuses > > > >>>>>>> things and doesn't address the new way of doing things. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Ok, so does anyone know how to correctly edit an FDI file to disable > > > >>>>>>> mouse taps (and which file)? Or is there a better way? > > > > > > >>>>>> follow the instructions here > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206814 > > > > > > >>>>> You don't need to do any of that. All you need to do is: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> a) yum install xorg-x11-drv-synaptics > > > >>>>> b) synclient TouchpadOff=1 > > > > > > >>>> I'm not the OP, but I tried that on my F10 system (eeepc 901, in case > > > >>>> it makes any difference) and all uses of synclient (except for a bare > > > >>>> "synclient" results in: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Can't access shared memory area. SHMConfig disabled? > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I don't find anything named SHMConfig, and neither rpm -a, nor > > > >>>> "yum list availbale" turns it up. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Am I missing something? > > > > > > >>> cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-synaptics.fdi \ > > > >>> /etc/hal/fdi/11-synaptics.fdi > > > >>> > > > >>> edit this file (11-synaptics.fdi) as indicated in the thread appropriate > > > >>> section for your touchpad (you can discover which touchpad section by > > > >>> 'cat /proc/bus/input/devices') and reboot > > > > > > >> NO, NO, NO ! Sheesh ! > > > >> > > > >> SHMConfig is a setting in the xorg.conf file. > > > >> > > > >> Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and make the synaptics parts of it look like > > > >> this: > > > >> > > > >> <snip> > > > >> > > > >> Section "ServerLayout" > > > >> Identifier "Default Layout" > > > >> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > > >> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > > >> InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" "CorePointer" > > > >> EndSection > > > >> > > > >> <snip> > > > >> > > > >> Section "InputDevice" > > > >> Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" > > > >> Driver "synaptics" > > > >> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > > > >> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > > > >> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > > > >> Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" > > > >> Option "SHMConfig" "on" > > > >> EndSection > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> You'll need to restart X (reboot ?) for these changes to take place. > > > >> You might want to back up your present xorg.conf before making these > > > >> changes. > > > > ---- > > > > by default, F10 does not have an xorg.conf file and it may not be useful > > > > to create one...I surely wouldn't create one just for Synaptics. > > > > > > > > You should be more careful with advice. > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > We're on the same page here Craig. In the original Post, I was concerned > > > about creating an xorg.conf file in case it tripped up the new method of > > > doing things. > > > > > > But do you know how to properly shut off mouse taps without the > > > "SHMConfig" "on" option in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then using Synaptics? > > ---- > > I believe that executing 'synclient TouchpadOff=1' should do > > that...without an xorg.conf but having something > > like /etc/hal/fdi/policy/11-synaptics.fdi above (I think I omitted the > > 'policy' directory > > To go back to my posting earlier in the thread, running synclient results > in an error message about SHMConfig not existing. Oh, never mind. I got it now. Thanks! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------
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